Concealed slide-lock pocket



Dec. .10, 1940.. M. KOPF CONCEALED SLIDE-LOCK lPOCKET- .Filed May 4,1959 lNyl-:NTOR l Morrzs Kopf BY ATTORNEY 23a 23m- 24 2s s n :m -..m

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Patented Dec. 10, 1940 PATENT OFFICE CONCEALED SLID-LOCKIOCKET I tlI/[orri Kopf, Philadelphia, N.V Y., assignor to Sterling, ClothingHouse, New York, N. Y.y

Y Application May 4, 1939, 'serial Nb. 271,647

1 claim. (c1. 2-253) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a pocket.

The invention has for an object the construction of a combination pockethaving a conven- 5' tional pocket portion and a secret pocket portionconstructed in a manner to form a particularly sturdy and strongconstruction.

More specifically, the invention purposes the arrangement of certainbinding, strips attached upon the front edge of the vertical slittedopening in the Wall of a garment, representing the pocket opening, andassociating the materials of the pocket to these binding strips in afashion to obtain the strong construction previously reerred to.

' Still further the invention proposes a novel arrangement of an outerSheet of pocket material and an inner sheet connected with each otherand with the binding strips previously mentioned in a novel manner.

Still further the invention contemplates turning in certain of the edgesof the material from which the pocket is constructed to reinforce theseparts.

For further comprehension of the invention,

andof the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, and to the appendedclaim in which the various novel features of the invention are moreparticularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure-Fig. 1 is a front elevational View of a garment constructed with apocket according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view looking in the direction of theline 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4. is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged detailed view similar to a portion ofFig. 2 but illustrating a modification.

The pocket, according to this invention, is used in combination with thewall Illa, lllb of a garment having a vertical slitted opening I|`representing the pocket opening. The wall portions II)a and IllD are securedtogether by flange portions Iiiaa and IUbb thereof sewed together withstitches I2. At the pocket opening II the flange |Ilam extends upwardsalong the front edge of the pocket and between the binding material I2.

Another binding strip I3 is secured along the front edge of the pocketopening II by a line of stitchesv I4. vThis binding strip I3 has aflange portion I3aa opposed to the ange portion Iiiee. The stitches I4secure the junction of these flanges together. The binding strip I2 hasone of its edges |2aa bent into a flange which has its junction alsoengaged by the line of stitches I4. The binding material I2 is bentalong a center line so that it has a layer I2a disposed to the rear 10of theoflange Illia.'

An outer sheet of material I5 is disposed to the rearof the garment wallIlla, I|lb and is bent along a vertical line I5a to form a front layerl5 and a rear layer I5c with a pocket area I6 be-r 15 tweentheselayers'. The front layer I5c has its edge |50? engaged to the frontof the flange Ibb.

A lineof stitches I'I secures these overlapping areas together.Expressed differently, the front layer |.5c is attached along the rearedge of the 20 pocket opening The rear layer I5b is secured alongthefront edge of theopening I I, specifically, 'to the binding material I2.The side edge of Ythe rearlayer I5b is turned inwards to form acomparatively broad flange Vportion Ibb which 25 is located to the rearof one face of the binding I2. A line of stitches |8'is engaged throughthe bent edges of the binding material I2 and the rear layer 15b.

An inner sheet of material I9 is arranged with- 30 in fthe pocketl I6and isl bent along a vertical line I98L to form a front layer I9b and arear layer I9c with an inner pocket 20 between these layers. One sideedge of the sheet of material I9 is attached to the front layer. Morespecically, it 35 is the front layer I9c which is secured to the frontlayer I5c by a line of stitches 2 I. At this securing line the frontlayer I9c has an inturned flange I9@ to reinforce the edge thereof. Therear layer I 9b of the inner sheet I9 terminates at a point 40 spacedfrom the binding I3 to form a slit, opening or space 22.

A slide control hook fastener 23 is mounted across this space 22. Thisfastener comprises one line of hook stringers 23a attached by lines 45of stitches 24 and 25 to the edge of the rear layer I9". The hookfastener has a complementary line of stringers 23b attached by a line ofstitches 26 with the binding strip I3 and with an area of the rear layer|51. The Stringer 23b has its 50 edge portion 23m turned inwards forminga flange through which the line of stitches 26 passes. The Stringer 23ahas a similar flange 23.

Each Stringer of this hook fastener has a layer of cloth 23 continuedfrom the Stringer tape 55 layer ISC.

across the outer edges of the hook elements of the fastener. Stitches23" engage the hook elements of the fastener to hold the portion 23 inposition. Thus the layer 23 normally covers the edges of the hookfasteners. This particular type of slide controlled hook fastener isknown at the present time and further explanation thereof is thought notnecessary. The slide for the hook fastener is indicated in Fig. 1 and isreferred to by reference numeral 28.

A horizontal line of stitches 29 secures the top edges of the severallayers of the inner and outer sheets of material I9 and I5 together withgarment wall portion IIJb for closing the tops of the pockets. Anotherline of stitches 29 secures the lower edges `of the layers ofthe sheetsI and I9 together to close the pockets at their bottom edges. Theselower edges of v the layers are formed with inturned fianges 30 forreinforcement purposes (see Figs. 3 and 4) A reinforcement strip ofmaterial 3I is ymounted on the inner face of the front layer l5c of theouter sheet I5 and is at a position opposed to the hook fasteners 23.This reinforcement sheet has its edge portions 3l turned inwards. 'I'heline of stitches I'I previously referred to secures the front edge ofthe strip 3| to the adjacent edge portions of the wall portion lub andthe front A line of stitches 33 secures the rear edge of thereinforcement strip 3| to an intermediate area of the front layer I5.

The operation of the device is as follows:

With the hook fastener 23 in a closed position one may insert his handthrough the slit II .o reach the pocket 20. In the event it is desiredto reach the secret pocket I6, the control slide 28 of the hook fastenermust be moved downwards to open the space 22. The hand may now beinserted through this space 22 into the pocket I6.

The dominating feature of the pocket construction resides in thearrangement of the binding strips I2 and I3 in association with theparts which are connected therewith. Another feature of the inventionresides in the specific arrangement of the layers of material which formthe inner and outer pockets.

In Fig. 5 a modified form 0f the invention has been disclosed whichdistinguishes from the prior form in the fact that the rear line ofStringer material 23a of the hook fastener, at spaced areas, is providedwith snap fastener elements 34 cooperative with complementary snapfastener elements 35 mounted along the outer face of the layer |91. Thisarrangement permits the stringer 23a to be folded rearwards as indicatedby the dot and dash lines in Fig. 5, and in this position to have thesnap fasteners 34 and 35 engaged with each other. 'Ihis will hold theStringer 23a in a rearward position so that when one engages his handthrough the opening or space 22, or into inch apart.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdened in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a pocket construction having a mouthside opening requiring that the hand be moved forwards when entering thepocket, a pair of adjacent slide fastener stringers having their outeredges attached to the material at the sides of said opening, slidefastener elements mounted on the intermediate portion of each of saidstringers so that as said hand enters said vpocket one line of elementswill be disposed adjacent the palm of said hand and the other line ofsaid elements will be disposed adjacent the back of said hand, saidstringers having their free edges engaged over the outer face of saidelements for hiding the same from view when said elements are engagedand for covering the line of elements disposed adjacent the palm of saidhand for preventing the same from coming in direct contact with thepalm, and means for holding the Stringer having the line of elementsdisposed adjacent the back of said hand in a folded forward position forpreventing its respective line of elements from engaging the back ofsaid hand.

MORRIS KOPF.

